Cards like this that are designed to answer a specific thing aren't supposed to be strong at their base. There's no drawback to putting this card in your deck because a 2/3 beast for 2 is just fine on its own, so this hoses pirates for free. This card is legitimately terrible design, which I guess is what you have to expect from blizzard at this point. Pathetic, honestly.

You are completely wrong and your line of thinking is the reason hearthstone has so many dead cards. Hearthstone is based around your winrate over many games. You know what happens when you make a very situational card that is ok in a certain situation but nearly worthless everywhere else? It's never played.